Caffeine & Code
CAFFEINE & CODE
A GL slow-burn romance by HEXELG
She's just the barista.
She's the most feared CEO in the city.
Neither of them expected to become the most important part of each other's routine.
Rina Cha is shy, clumsy, and just trying to survive her shifts at Syntek Corp's elite café. Her idea of danger is spilling oat milk on a customer-not walking into the executive elevator and meeting Kira Yoon, the company's untouchable CEO.
Kira runs the tech empire like a machine-flawless, cold, and emotionless. She doesn't do distractions. Especially not flustered girls with crooked foam hearts on their lattes.
But somehow, Rina becomes her only exception.
Now, Rina is bringing Kira coffee every day... and something deeper is brewing between them. In a world of polished glass, power suits, and unspoken rules, can softness survive?
Or will Kira code her heart out of reach?
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Caffeine & Code is the kind of queer love story we rarely get but always need. It’s gentle without being boring, emotional without being melodramatic, and romantic without sacrificing either woman’s independence. Kira is the blueprint for the brooding lesbian CEO who doesn’t fall in love so much as get quietly wrecked by a barista in pastel sweaters. Rina is sunshine in human form—but with just enough bite to keep the story clever. Their love grows in stages—awkward, charged, sweet, explosive—and by the time you get to the special chapter (yes, they marry, yes, there's a kid, yes, you will cry), it feels like you’ve lived this story with them. The writing? Witty. Cozy. Laced with emotional intelligence. Like if warm coffee could speak. The themes? Queer joy Found family Ethics in tech Healing from workplace trauma Being loved softly when you're used to being used Do yourself a favor: read it slow. Savor it. Like a perfect latte made just for you.